Carpet-stretcher



CARPET STRETGHER.

Patented Sept.v 18, 1883.

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J. S. SHERMAN.

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JOHN SIMON SHERMAN, OF NAPOLEON, OHIO.

CARPET-STRETCH ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 285,313, dated September 18, 1883 Application ined July s, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN S. SHERMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Napo leon,in the county of Henry and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Carpet- Stretcher, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

rIhis invention relates to carpet-stretchers; and it has for its object to produce a device which shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, and general efficiency. To vthis/end it consists in certain improvements in the construction of the same, which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointedout in the claim.

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure lis a perspective view, showing my improved carpet-stretcher in position for operation. Fig. 2 is a side View, showing the same extended. Fig. 3 is transverse sectional view on the line x x in Fig. 2, and Fig. 4. is adetail view of the disks or plates K K.

The same'letters refer to the same parts in all the figures.A

Ain the drawings designates a rod orbar,

. Vprovided at its rearend with acushion or buffer, B, of rubber or other suitable material. Bar A is provided with a series of transverse openings, B B, through any one of which may be passed a bolt, O, by which the said bar A Vis pivotally connected with another similar bar, D, having also a series of transverse perforations. v

E is an arm orl lever, having at its front end a cross-piece, F, secured thereto by means of a bolt, G, and braces H H. Said cross-piece, which may be of considerable length, has a rounded front edge,provided with slightly-upturned teeth I I, adapted to take hold of the carpet which is to be stretched, without danger of tearing the same or of scratching the floor. The rear end of the arm or lever E has transverse perforations J.

tion, taken inl connection with the drawings 6o I hereto annexed. The bar A lies flat upon the floor, with the buffer B against the baseboard, adjoining which the carpet has been already tacked. The bar D and lever E are connected by the plates K and bolt O, and are so adjusted that, when fully extended, they shall be capable of stretching the carpet to the desired extent. In Fig. l the said bar .and lever are shown raised at the connecting-point,

so as to enable the teeth of cross-piece F to 7o v get the necessary hold in the carpet. Then by pressing thel connecting-point down to the fioor the carpet is properly stretched. In this position the bar and lever are held beyond any possibility of rebounding by simply tightening the thumb-nut I), thus dispensing with the necessity of an assistant to hold the stretcher while the operator tacks the carpet. Vhen the portion of carpet held by the crossbar F has been tacked, the stretcher may be 8o moved and the operation repeated.

In small rooms the intermediate bar, D, may be dispensed with, and the bar A be joined directly to the arm or lever E by means of the plates K, bolt O, and thumb-nut P. The op- 8 5 eration is precisely as above described.

This device is simple, convenient, veasily manipulated, and may be manufactured at a small expense.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure 9o by Letters Patent of the United States- In a carpet-stretcher, the combination of an' arm or lever having a toothed cross-piece at its front end, a stretching-rod, the centrallyperforated connecting disks having radial 95 teeth upon their inner sides and parallel anges upon their outer sides, and the connecting-bolthaving a thumb-nut, all arranged and operating substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as roo my own I have hereto afiixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN SIMON SHERMAN Witnesses: Y

JAMES DoNovAN, PAUL GHARLEs DULITZ. 

